diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/Projection/ContentGraph/Node.php b/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/Projection/ContentGraph/Node.php
index df5331e3d1f..fa2f9347ef1 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/Projection/ContentGraph/Node.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/Projection/ContentGraph/Node.php
@@ -169,28 +169,6 @@ public function hasProperty(PropertyName|string $propertyName): bool
         return $this->properties->offsetExists($propertyName instanceof PropertyName ? $propertyName->value : $propertyName);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returned the node label as generated by the configured node label generator.
-     *
-     * In PHP please use Neos' {@see NodeLabelGeneratorInterface} instead.
-     *
-     * For Fusion please use the FlowQuery operation:
-     * ```
-     * ${q(node).label()}
-     * ```
-     *
-     * @deprecated will be removed before the final 9.0 release
-     */
-    public function getLabel(): string
-    {
-        if (!class_exists(\Neos\Neos\Domain\NodeLabel\DelegatingNodeLabelRenderer::class)) {
-            throw new \BadMethodCallException('node labels are removed from standalone cr.');
-        }
-        // highly illegal
-        /** @phpstan-ignore-next-line */
-        return (new \Neos\Neos\Domain\NodeLabel\DelegatingNodeLabelRenderer())->getLabel($this);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Checks if the node's "Read Model" identity equals with the given one
      */